Drake Professors to lead two Virtual Generative AI workshops in October

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

Drake University professors Chris Porter and Chris Snider will lead two virtual generative AI workshops in October.

The workshops are for beginners to the world of AI and for people looking to build generative AI tools into their companies.

Intro to Generative AI

When: 9-noon Oct. 2

Details: Attendees will learn about current generative AI tools and gain ideas of how those tools can be used in their professional lives. We’ll also discuss how they should not be used, terms of service and ethical issues related to AI tools. This event is open to the general public. You’ll be testing out tools such as Chat GPT, Google Bard, Midjourney, DALL-E 3 and more during the day. Sign up here.

Implementing Generative AI at your Organization

When: 9-noon Oct. 16

Details: Join us for this three-hour virtual workshop on implementing generative AI at your company. Porter and Snider have developed a nine-step process to adding AI to your workflow. In this workshop, they will introduce the process and walk you through implementing at your company. So sign up the entire team! Sign up here.

Porter is as associate professor and the director of Drake’s Artificial Intelligence department. Snider is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.